Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Sunday at Shia School

After a slightly restless night, I couldn't settle due to the strange noises, we were awoken by the church bell. We had been told that there would be services at 7am and 10am - but the bell started tolling at 5am! It only lasted for about 15 minutes, and somehow Al managed to sleep through the bell and me shouting at the boys that it was not time to get up yet!

I spent most of the morning on 'tent duty' as we cannot leave our tents unsupervised. I finished one book, started and discarded two more, before settling on at third. After lunch I swapped to help out with some of the tasks. The boys are clearing a path of rock, digging a drainage trench and chiselling away at breeze blocks in a newly built classroom so that electrical wiring can be recessed.

While clearing rocks I seem to have been bitten by loads of ants. This has added to a few mosquito bites to make me feel really miserable. One of the bites is just by my left eye and my eye is swollen almost closed. My body seems to be producing histamine like it is going out of fashion. I'm itchy and swollen and lumpy!